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Photo by RJ Muna. ODC/Dance is known throughout the world for its athleticism, passion and intellectual depth. The Company's three resident choreographers, Brenda Way, KT Nelson, and Kimi Okada, are considered among America's major contemporary choreographers and have created a dynamic movement vocabulary over the last three decades that has significantly influenced dancers and choreographers alike. Founded in 1971 by Artistic Director Brenda Way who trained under the legendary George Balanchine, ODC relocated to San Francisco in 1976 on a big yellow school bus, bucking the dance world theory that to be successful, a company must locate itself in New York.
Today, ODC/Dance's company of ten world class dancers performs its imaginative repertory for more than 50,000 people annually. Highlights include two annual home seasons at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, numerous performances at New York's Joyce Theater, sold out performances at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. and four standing room only European engagements. In 34 years, ODC/Dance has performed for more than a million people in 32 states and 11 countries, with support from the NEA, the U.S. State Department, and many state and city arts agencies. The company has been widely recognized for its fusion of ballet and modern techniques and for their numerous groundbreaking collaborations including work with writers Leslie Scalapino and Rinde Eckert; actors Bill Irwin, Geoff Hoyle and Robin Williams; and visual artists Wayne Thiebaud, John Woodall and Eleanor Coppola.
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